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History of the court. >> now, attorney general holler cited the supreme court ruling in a letter today, and said the federal court should act cautiously. that it frustrated the intent of the represents of the people. this is him responding to a judge clarifying the point. and i think its just them explaining their point of view. >> of course it is, but lets, on the subject of a little bit of political thuggishness, lets talk about what fifth circuit court of appeals did, he behaved in a very juv...

Weeks. hes been called a mystery. a miss taes. a joke. and a republican plant. but yesterday south carolinas accidental senate candidate, 32-year-old unknown, unemployed, military veteran alvin greene took to the stage to try to prove that is he more than a punch line. jessica yellin was there, and joins us live from columbia, south carolina yesterday. how did he do? >> reporter: you know what, john? he was very well received by the audience. alvin greene made his first known campaign speech y...

That same guy, this same guys trial was scheduled for last week but was put off. anyway, moving on. >> interesting. how was he received by the folks there? >> you know, wolf, this was a local hometown crowd, the naacp of manning, south carolina, where hes from. they came in skeptical saying theyre going to withhold judgment. everyone said they liked him, they were impressed, and almost everyone said they plan to vote for him. expectations were low, they clearly wanted to support their hometown g...

Democratic nomination. cnns national political correspondent jessica orren is in manning. >> reporter: we just went by alvin greens house to see if we could ask him a couple questions, and he showed us his speech he is preparing. he says he wrote it himself. it is handwritten, double-spaced on a spiral bound notebook. he said he was too busy preparing to answer our questions but well hear all about his ideas when he speaks here shortly. he did tell us his focus is on jobs and education, and in t...

In other words, why do they not do what acting is supposed to by about. great characters, great stories instead of just doing this kind of lame-o identity politics? >> identity politics sums it up nicely. we saw lot of diversity last night. everybody celebrates s diversity. and its great. the only diversity that isnt accepted is diversity of thought. another kind of political opinion. if that happens, you get blacklisted. honestly from a political perspective, lets say youre president trump duri...

To build a wall on our southern border, appears that is also dead or at least indefinitely delayed. one piece of major legislation they did try to pass was of course the repeal of obamacare. that didnt even come up for a vote in the republican-controlled house before it blew up. were going to be talking later on this hour about whether they might be potentially launching a successful sneak attack right now to bring that legislation back at the last minute before the 100-day benchmark. but todays...

There would still be deductions for home mortgage interest and charitable contributions. but all other personal deductions would be eliminated. the outline was just a single page, double spaced, with few specifics. >> its just one page. obviously tax reform would be much more complicated. when will we see the details, when will see the actual plan? >> were moving as quickly as we can. >> reporter: for now, the most basic questions are unanswered like how would it affect a typical family. >> a fa...